NHS: Compensation

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid in compensation to patients by each London-based hospital trust in each of the last three years.

Ben Bradshaw: The information requested is in the following table and was obtained from the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) website. The data covers compensation paid out to patients under the NHSLA's Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts and Existing Liabilities Scheme. Further information can be found in the NHSLA's published factsheets, available on their website at:
	www.nhsla.com/Publications
	
		
			  Compensation paid by year 
			  £ 
			  NHS Trust  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust 9,704,939 2,558,682 3,969,003 
			 Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 2,153,553 1,766,719 2,694,458 
			 Barts and The London Hospitals NHS Trust 5,962,410 1,122,305 1,669,554 
			 Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust 1,961,575 382,574 1,013,984 
			 Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust 3,436,922 3,682,525 6,528,221 
			 Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 319,570 136,663 159,811 
			 Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 2,029,226 827,196 3,001,362 
			 Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust 331,358 115,918 229,737 
			 Guys and St Thomas Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1,926,549 1,503,895 7,635,693 
			 Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust 4,361,232 261,661 505,495 
			 Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 462,799 3,187,288 1,350,342 
			 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust(1) 1,124,036 4,224,883 11,180,619 
			 King's College Hospital NHS Trust 1,664,813 1,481,754 3,052,508 
			 Kingston Hospital NHS Trust 552,580 5,081,598 2,406,222 
			 Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust 450,795 674,894 1,962,853 
			 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 1,197,728 4,628,306 3,323,737 
			 Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 233,534 106,400 47,500 
			 North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 2,545,728 949,859 1,941,285 
			 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 1,188,597 3,784,051 1,521,117 
			 Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust 1,120,443 932,743 1,037,646 
			 Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 638,601 963,428 1,241,892 
			 Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust 105,000 1,385,930 975,018 
			 Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 1,267,101 1,064,319 3,409,945 
			 Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 10,096 7,790 53,710 
			 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust 3,250 39,375 1,588,837 
			 St George's Healthcare NHS Trust 2,242,242 2,119,033 3,186,074 
			 University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5,635,329 1,159,230 6,047,562 
			 West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 304,938 1,335,725 545,146 
			 Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust 589,503 5,134,654 879,929 
			 Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 1,456,604 1,018,720 716,682 
			 (1) Before 2007-08, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and St Mary's NHS Trust.